Fastener for heels of shoes.



E. J. WESP.

FASTENER FOR HEELS OF SHOES.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 31, 1912.

1,1 19,555, Patented Dec. 1,1914.

EMIL J. WESP, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

FASTENER FOR HEELS OF SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed July 31, 1912. Serial No. 712,608.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that -I,-EM1L J. WESP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Heels of Shoes, of which the following V is a: specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, strong and effective fastener by which wooden heels may be fastened to shoes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe partly broken away, showing the heel and the method of attachment thereof. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the heel with the fastener in place thereon. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fastener alone. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the fastener is formed. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a shoe, the section being taken on the line 5"5" in Fig. 1.

i In the accompanying drawings like referencecnumerals refer to like parts.

' In the drawings reference numeral 1 indicates a shoe having the upper 2, the outer sole 3, the inner sole 4. and the heel 5. The

outer sole 3 is partly cut away and extends in over the heel. The insole 4 extends .over

the heel, the outer sole partly cut away being -inclosed between the inner sole and the heel.

Attached to the heel is .the fastener 6. This fastener is formed from the blank 9 shown in Fig. 4 and is provided with a screw hole 10 and a nail hole 11. Fromthe blank are bent up the two prongs 7 and 8 and the fastener is fastened to the heel near the rear end thereof by a'screw through the hole 10 rial to match the upper of the shoe. The heel with the fastener attached thereto is zip-- plied to the outer and inner sole of the shoe, the prongs of the fastener being passed up through suitable perforations in the inner and outer sole and being bent down, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, so as to firmly attach the heel to the inner and outer sole at the rear of the shoe. The attachment of the heel to the shoe is completed by the use of the nails 12, 13 and 14. or by gluing the heel to the soles, or both. The inner sole with its nails .and prongs exposed therein may be covered with a bottom lining or heel pad which is ordinarily used in shoes.

I Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and patentable is as follows:

The combination in a shoe, of a heel, a fastener formed of sheet metal having a base portion and two parallel side portions forming prongs which extend upwardly from the base and are normally spaced apart and widening from their extremity downwardly to their junction with the base portion, and bendably connected to the latter, said base portion extending forwardly of the front edges of the prongs and provided with a plurality of openings, said shoe having an inner sole and an outer sole above the heel and both provided with perforations to receive the prongs, said prongs being passed through said perforations and bent outwardly in opposite directions above the inner sole, and a plurality of fasteners one for each of the openings in said base, said fasteners being arranged one in front of the other.

In testimony whereof I, aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMIL J. WESP. 

